No cigar for keets. I spent 16 hours at a major show looking at cents in this grade and also stayed at the Holiday Inn Express. Its one tightly graded puppie.
I bought this one in an ANACS MS64RB holder. It looked to me to be better than a 64, due to the smooth even coloration and the strike. Cracked it out, sent it to NGC, they graded it MS64BN. BS! Cracked it out, sent it to PCGS, they just graded it MS65RB.
None of the coins in my collection are undergraded...none of them are overgraded. I bought each and every one of them at the "right" grade, ie, MY grade on them--regardless of what any paper lable might say. The plastic grade will no longer be relevant 15 minutes after I decide to buy a coin anyway due to cracking.
Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
<< <i>66RB - That 27-D is clearly a 65. Whether or not it's a BN or RB is hard to say, but no way is it a 64. >>
This coin shows you how difficult it is to determine redbrown. >>
I agree with the grade now, the strike is really good for this date and mint. Apparently NGC does not take strike into account as heavily as PCGS when determining a grade to assign. I think it is borderline RB, in hand it has just enough mint red to receive the RB designation.
<< <i>None of the coins in my collection are undergraded...none of them are overgraded. I bought each and every one of them at the "right" grade, ie, MY grade on them--regardless of what any paper lable might say. The plastic grade will no longer be relevant 15 minutes after I decide to buy a coin anyway due to cracking. >>
I have to agree with this I buy the coin not the holder......
That wasn't the gist of the post. When I go coin shopping I make it a point not to notice the holder or the grade. When I picked this one up I like d it very much and mentally guessed it to be 65 Red. Flipping it over I saw it was graded 64 red and thought wow nice for the grade, I've seen 65's that don't look this nice even 09's. I paid 64 money for it. I had no intention of even purchasing this date as I have a few already, but the price/grade sealed the deal for me.
I think this is one of the OGH that would have a good shot at an upgrade, but the price difference in 64-65 is not great. On a side note shylock and I encountered a guy at FUN that had a 90% complete set of 65 red IHC's. Many of them were in OGH's and good update candidates.
I don't buy coins because they're undergraded. I buy coins because I like them and they are at an asking price I think is fair. Now in the case of undergraded coins, it may be the case that the coin is also underpriced. And if a coin I really like is underpriced, I'll buy it -- the fact that it's perhaps undergraded is a side-effect.
I'll pay way over sheet sometimes for coins that are "undergraded" on the slab if I like them enough.
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It's hard to see in the photo, but the coin has a full rim, and that is why I thought it should upgrade, and it did.
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Its in a MS66 holder. I think it might be a 67 and should be FS.
<< <i>2 grades that's a wowzer. How much price difference? >>
Bought from DLRC for $1325 (non-auction). PCGS 62's bring around $2300 to $2500.
Keep in mind that crackouts are kinda like going to Vegas - nobody talks about losing - I've also had my share of losers!
My #1 Low Ball Peace Dollar Set
Cracked it out, sent it to NGC, they graded it MS64BN. BS!
Cracked it out, sent it to PCGS, they just graded it MS65RB.
Lincoln set Colorless Set
66RB - That 27-D is clearly a 65. Whether or not it's a BN or RB is hard to say, but no way is it a 64.
<< <i>66RB - That 27-D is clearly a 65. Whether or not it's a BN or RB is hard to say, but no way is it a 64. >>
This coin shows you how difficult it is to determine redbrown.
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<< <i>66RB - That 27-D is clearly a 65. Whether or not it's a BN or RB is hard to say, but no way is it a 64. >>
This coin shows you how difficult it is to determine redbrown. >>
I agree with the grade now, the strike is really good for this date and mint. Apparently NGC does not take strike into account as heavily as PCGS when determining a grade to assign. I think it is borderline RB, in hand it has just enough mint red to receive the RB designation.
Lincoln set Colorless Set
It's now in an MS66DCAM holder.
Russ, NCNE
This one had been in an XF-40 holder...
I could go on and on....
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I think this may go 65 and if so triples in value...
when I did a "guess the grade" it got many 65's, a few 66's etc...
I hold the coin as a "nice example" either way !
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<< <i>None of the coins in my collection are undergraded...none of them are overgraded. I bought each and every one of them at the "right" grade, ie, MY grade on them--regardless of what any paper lable might say. The plastic grade will no longer be relevant 15 minutes after I decide to buy a coin anyway due to cracking. >>
I have to agree with this I buy the coin not the holder......
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I think this is one of the OGH that would have a good shot at an upgrade, but the price difference in 64-65 is not great. On a side note shylock and I encountered a guy at FUN that had a 90% complete set of 65 red IHC's. Many of them were in OGH's and good update candidates.
90% of the coins I own are not slabbed.
was an ANACS MS63RB up until the last baltimore show.
I'll pay way over sheet sometimes for coins that are "undergraded" on the slab if I like them enough.
I like the fact that I paid MS64 money
for this one.
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